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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    This weekend will be seeing the matches of the second leg of the Champions League’s in women’s handball. In Group A, Gloria Bistriţa-Năsăud will be up against the French champions Metz in an away game. The French side has made it to the Final Four twice in the past three years. Last weekend, Metz, ended in a 29-all draw their away match against the Norwegians from Storhamar. In their Champions League’s debut, Gloria secured a 30-26 win against CSM Bucharest. On Sunday, CSM will be up, on their own turf, against Storhamar.

    In the League’s B Group, Romania’s vice-champions Rapid Bucharest, will go to Norway to play local side Vipers Kristiansand, the 2023 winners of the Champions League. The Norwegians lost against Brest Bretagne 27-30 in France last week, whereas Rapid clinched a home win, 32-27 against Buducnost Podgorica. However, Rapid lost in the domestic championship to Gloria Bistriţa-Năsăud, 24 – 22.

    This weekend will also be seeing the games of the ninth leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. Two games on Friday Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe plays FC Botoşani and Dinamo Bucharest takes on Unirea Slobozia. On Saturday, Oţelul Galaţi plays Gloria Buzău away from home, while in Ploiesti, southern Romania, local side Petrolul plays Farul Constanţa. The first match on Sunday will be pitching in Iasi, north-eastern Romania, Poli against Universitatea Craiova. Poli Iasi has a new headcoach,  Emil Săndoi, who has this week replaced Portuguese Tony da Silva. The leg’s most important match will be pitching CFR Cluj and FCSB, in Transylvania.

    On Monday in Arad, local side UTA will be playing FC Hermannstadt of sibiu, while in Bucharest Rapid will be up against Universitatea Cluj. After eight legs, Universitatea Cluj tops the table with 18 points followed by Universitatea Craiova and Oţelul Galaţi.

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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    After two legs of Rugby Europe Championship, Romania’s fifteen is presently
    ranking first in Group B with two wins. The Romanians secured a 33-18 win
    against Belgium in Bucharest on Saturday, when they scored five tries.


    In the other match of the group, Portugal defeated Poland 54 – 7 in Lisbon.
    Romania has 9 points and is followed by Portugal with 6. The two sides are
    meeting in Bucharest next week in a decisive game for winning the group.




    Both the Romanian sides in the Champions League in women’s handball
    obtained wins in the past weekend. On Saturday in Group B, Rapid Bucharest clinched an away win 24-21 against Zaglebie
    Lubin and they are ranking 7th in the group a point after the Hungarian side
    Ferencvaros. If they win against Danish side Esbjerg, and the Hungarian side
    loses to French team Metz, Rapid goes into the playoffs for the League’s
    quarterfinals. In Group A on Sunday, CSM Bucharest secured a home win 31-28 against
    German side Bietigheim. Romania’s champions are coming third in the ranking,
    two points after Danish side Odense, which
    they will be meeting in an away game on Sunday and if it wins CSM will go
    directly into the quarterfinals.




    In the Group B of the EHF European League, Dunărea Brăila on Saturday
    secured a 33 – 23 home win against German side Thüringer, and has qualified for
    the quarter-finals, a leg ahead of the group’s finals. Gloria Bistrita qualified
    last week after outperforming Lublin in Poland 29-26 on Saturday and is topping
    Group C. In Group D, CSM Târgu Jiu lost to Malaga on Sunday 26 – 30, registering
    their fifth consecutive defeat.




    The Women’s Tennis tournament Transylvania Open, with 267 thousand dollars
    in prize money, ended in Cluj Napoca, western Romania on Sunday. In the finals,
    the Czech player Karolina Pliskova clinched a two-set win 6-4, 6-3 against Ana
    Bogdan of Rormania. The tournament in Cluj is the only WTA 250 competition
    hosted by Romania.


    Last weekend saw the football games of the 25th leg of the Romanian
    Superleague. On Friday Otelul Galati obtained a 1-0 win against FCU Craiova,
    while Universitatea Craiova and Universitatea Cluj ended their game in a
    two-all draw.




    On Saturday in Iasi the match pitching local side Poli against FC Voluntari
    ended in a goaless draw. The match in Cluj between the local side CFR and Rapid
    Bucharest was won by the visitors one-nil. On Sunday in Sibiu, Hermannstadt
    versus Petrolul Ploiesti ended in a draw, nil-all, while in Bucharest local
    side FCSB secured a 1-0 win against Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe.


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  • Sports Flash

    Sports Flash

    The Romanian womens basketball side Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe on Wednesday got their second and most clear win in the Euroleague. The Romanian champions secured an 88-58 home win against Polish side Lublin, in the competitions Group A. US player Morgan Green was the best player of the Romanian side with 19 points, 5 recoveries and 9 decisive contributions. The win has pushed Sepsi to the seventh position in the groups ranking. Before the game, Sepsi was at the bottom of group A.


    The Romanians will next take on Valencia Basket Club on their own ground on January 10th.


    In the mens group B of the Eurocup competition, Romanias side U-BT Cluj-Napoca lost to French side Bourg-en-Bresse, 98-89. With eight wins, U-BT ranks third in the 10-side group after Dreamland Gran Canaria and Bourg-en Bresse, each with 10 victories. U-BT will be taking on Buducnost Podgorica in an away game on December 27th.


    Hungarian capital, Budapest, is hosting an international water polo tournament. Romanias male side lost to Spain 15-7. This has been their third failure in a row after those against Serbia, 5-15 and 8-15 to Hungary.


    Romanias football Superleague has this week seen the matches of its 21st leg, the last this year. On Tuesday in Craiova, southern Romania, local side, FC U 1948, secured a 2-0 victory against Petrolul Ploiesti, while in Iaşi, north-eastern Romania, FCSB clinched a 3-1 win against local side Poli. Two matches ended in a draw on Wednesday, UTA Arad versus Universitatea Craiova 2 all and Farul Constanţa versus Rapid Bucharest, 0 all. Hermannstadt plays Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe on Thursday and CFR Cluj takes on Universitatea Cluj. The legs last two matches will be on Friday, when Oţelul Galaţi plays FC Botoşani and Dinamo Bucharest takes on FC Voluntari. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 44 points followed by Universitatea Craiova with 34. The Superleagues championship is to resume on January 19th.


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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    This
    weekend will seethe games of the
    European women’s handball competitions. In the Champions League SCM Ramnicu
    Valcea takes on Russian side CSKA Moscow in a Group B home match. The Romanian
    champions are currently ranking sixth in the group with four points out of 8
    games, while the Russians are third with 15 points out of 9 matches. The
    Hungarian champions, Gyor, top the group’s table with 17 points out of 10
    matches without defeat in this edition of the aforementioned competition.
    Before their game with CSKA, Romanian side SCM obtained two consecutive
    wins.




    Now
    let’s have a look at the situation in the Champions League’s Group A. The match
    the Romanians from CSM Bucharest had to play against Russian side Rostov-Don on
    Saturday has been postponed because of the Coronavirus infections in the
    Russian side. CSM has lost its latest three matches including the return
    against Rostov and comes fourth in the group with 11 points out of 10 games.
    Rostov-Don tops the table with 15 points out of 9 matches.




    This
    weekend will be seeing the matches counting towards the 18th leg of
    Romania’s first football league. Two matches have been scheduled for Friday
    when Chindia Targoviste takes on Academica Clincheni and FCSB plays FC
    Voluntari. Three matches are due on Saturday: Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe plays Astra
    Giurgiu in a home match, UTA, on their own turf, takes on FC Arges, while
    Universitatea Craiova is up at home against Viitorul Constanta.




    On
    Sunday in Medias, local side Gaz Metan is playing Poli Iasi, while FC Botosani
    plays at home Dinamo Bucharest. Monday will see the leg’s last game when FC
    Hermannstadt plays CFR Cluj. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 38 points
    followed by CFR with 37.

  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    This
    weekend will seethe games of the
    European women’s handball competitions. In the Champions League SCM Ramnicu
    Valcea takes on Russian side CSKA Moscow in a Group B home match. The Romanian
    champions are currently ranking sixth in the group with four points out of 8
    games, while the Russians are third with 15 points out of 9 matches. The
    Hungarian champions, Gyor, top the group’s table with 17 points out of 10
    matches without defeat in this edition of the aforementioned competition.
    Before their game with CSKA, Romanian side SCM obtained two consecutive
    wins.




    Now
    let’s have a look at the situation in the Champions League’s Group A. The match
    the Romanians from CSM Bucharest had to play against Russian side Rostov-Don on
    Saturday has been postponed because of the Coronavirus infections in the
    Russian side. CSM has lost its latest three matches including the return
    against Rostov and comes fourth in the group with 11 points out of 10 games.
    Rostov-Don tops the table with 15 points out of 9 matches.




    This
    weekend will be seeing the matches counting towards the 18th leg of
    Romania’s first football league. Two matches have been scheduled for Friday
    when Chindia Targoviste takes on Academica Clincheni and FCSB plays FC
    Voluntari. Three matches are due on Saturday: Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe plays Astra
    Giurgiu in a home match, UTA, on their own turf, takes on FC Arges, while
    Universitatea Craiova is up at home against Viitorul Constanta.




    On
    Sunday in Medias, local side Gaz Metan is playing Poli Iasi, while FC Botosani
    plays at home Dinamo Bucharest. Monday will see the leg’s last game when FC
    Hermannstadt plays CFR Cluj. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 38 points
    followed by CFR with 37.